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Tag Archives: future
May 13 – Trouble Ahead
Acts 21:1-36; Judges 16; Psalm 42 You might get ready to call me a heretic, because I’m going to say something that modern Christianity doesn’t like to hear: when you follow God’s will, sometimes bad things happen. I thought about … Continue reading
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April 25 – Paradigm Shifts
Acts 10:34-48; Joshua 9-10; Job 25 In AD 312, Constantine was facing a battle for control of the Western Roman Empire. He had a vision of a cross in the sky hearing the words, “In this sign, you shall conquer.” … Continue reading
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Tagged apostles, Church, Constantine, control, cross in the sky, culture changes, dominant, Edict of Milan, Forgiveness, future, Gentiles, gospel, Grace, Holy Spirit, IHS, in hoc signo, in this sign, influence, Jesus, name of Jesus, opportunity, paradigm shift, persecution, Philip, political power, Roman Empire, Romans, Samaria, sins
March 22 – An Unfair God
Matthew 20:1-16; Numbers 13-14; Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 I hear stories of them, but haven’t found anything I can verify through research. You know what I mean: death bed conversions. Every so often a well-known atheist or agnostic dies and rumors are … Continue reading
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December 22 – Endure Now for the Future Glory
Psalm 113; Genesis 30:1-24; Romans 8:18-30 The story of the ant and the grasshopper is an interesting story. In the original fable by Aesop, the ant works hard gathering and storing food while the grasshopper refuses to work and plays … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop's Fables, ant, beatings, Christians, destructive, disowned, endure, future, give up, glory, God's love, Grace, grasshopper, hardships, imprisonments, left for dead, lifestyle, lost jobs, mercy, Paul, play, relationship with Christ, Romans, summer, walking with God, winter, work, worldly pleasures
October 12 – A Faith to Die For
Revelation 12; Esther 2; Psalm 105:26-45 We see it happening far too often in certain parts of the world – especially those areas ruled by ISIS. The captive Christians are marched out to some predefined area and then they are … Continue reading
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Tagged American Church, apostasy, Christians, deny faith. testimony of faith, faith, future, hard times ahead, ISIS, Jesus Christ, Lord, overcoming, persecution, ready to die, recant
February 6 – Peace
Hebrews 2; Genesis 46:28-47:31; Psalm 37 Throughout my years in life I have sought to find people who were good examples; people who followed God and showed their love for Him in all they did. I remember many of those … Continue reading
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January 22 – Future Generations
Luke 17; Genesis 29:1-30; Psalm 22 As a follower of Christ, I am ready, in fact I am looking forward to the return of Jesus. The Christian Church has lived with that expectation for almost 2000 years. That belief lends … Continue reading
